kite

cometa, papalote

Objeto ligero que vuela con el viento mientras se sujeta con un hilo largo.

En inglés sencillo: A light object that flies in the wind while you hold it by a long string.

• Let’s fly a kite on the beach.
• Her kite got caught in a tree.
• The children made colorful kites from paper.

Expresiones frecuentes: fly a kite, paper kite, kite string, kite tail

milano

Ave de alas largas que caza animales pequeños o se alimenta de animales muertos.

En inglés sencillo: A bird with long wings that hunts small animals or eats dead ones.

• A red kite flew over the field.
• The kite circled above a dead animal.
• We saw several kites hunting near the river.

Expresiones frecuentes: red kite, black kite

deltoide

Cuadrilátero con dos pares de lados iguales; los lados de cada par son vecinos.

En inglés sencillo: A shape with four sides, arranged in two pairs of equal sides that meet at a corner.

• Draw a kite with four sides.
• A square is a kite under some mathematical definitions.
• The students measured the diagonals of their kites.

Expresiones frecuentes: draw a kite, kite shape

hacer kitesurf

Desplazarse sobre agua, nieve o tierra impulsado por una cometa grande.

En inglés sencillo: To move over water, snow, or land while pulled by a large object flying in the wind.

• We kited across the bay.
• She learned to kite on snow last winter.
• They were kiting along the coast when the wind dropped.

Cómo se usa: kite across/along something (They kited across the lake in a strong wind.)

Sinónimos: kitesurf

Expresiones frecuentes: kite across something, kite around something

disparar, elevar

Hacer que algo suba o aumente muy deprisa.

En inglés sencillo: To make something rise or increase very quickly.

• Higher fuel charges kited delivery costs.
• A sudden gust kited the loose sheet upward.
• The shortage has kited prices across the region.

Sinónimos: raise, drive up

Antónimos: lower

Expresiones frecuentes: kite prices, kite something upward